sanity check in aisle 9.. 2005 a6 v8 sline

[Vincent Gelinas]

I wonder what the difference is?  This is on snow tires with 225/60/16
wheels and the increased tread that goes along with those.  I am curious to
see what it will be in summer with the stock 245/45/18 wheels in summer
rubber.

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net>wrote:

> OK, its different, but my 2002 S6 avant gets 13-15 around town; 17-20
> (downhill) on the highway.
>
> And baby-ing it makes essentially no difference.
>
> Grant
> On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Vincent Gelinas wrote:
>
> > My A8, driven gently at 75mph here in the mountains, gets about 27mpg on
> the
> > highway and 15-18 in the city, again driven mostly carefully.  Hooning
> and
> > stomping on the gas will drain your wallet pretty quick.  I think the
> tank
> > is the same as in the a8, so about 24 gallons.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> thanks guys. looks to be a pretty nice ride overall. ppl say around
> 22mpg
> >> on
> >> the highway which isnt terrible. no worse than my brothers outback
> wagon..
> >>
> >> ill let you know what i wind up with...
> >>
> >> cheers
> >> jim
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> My experience is that the C6 is definately a better car than the C5 it
> >>> replaced, but they are newer as well, so not as much time for things to
> >>> break (like the window regulator clips). I'm pretty sure the V8's are
> >> timing
> >>> chain as well, switched from belts in the previous model. MAKE SURE you
> >> do
> >>> oil changes every 5k max. ALL of these late model VAG engines have
> sludge
> >>> issues, and if those timing chain tensioners got gummed up, you are
> >> looking
> >>> at $$$$! Chains at teh back of the engine, does it look easy to pull?
> >> Nope,
> >>> and it will cost some good amount of money to fix.
> >>>
> >>> Other than that, they appear to be good cars, and certainly very
> solidly
> >>> built, even stronger than the previous A6, which was no wet noodle.
> Check
> >>> out vids on teh side impact crash on youtube, you will be sold!! The
> car
> >>> hardly deforms at all, mostly bends in the sheetmetal.
> >>>
> >>> Tony
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> The 4.2 V8 is bulletproof for the most part. Hope your gas-buying
> wallet
> >>>> is too.
> >>>>
> >>>> They are complicated. need a VAG tool to do rear brakes (electric
> >> parking
> >>>> brake), etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> I believe the stats on audi basically say "newer is better"
> >>>>
> >>>> Grant
> >>>> On Oct 25, 2011, at 8:26 PM, thejimrose wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> hey kids - just totaled the 08 a4 last week. need to replace it STAT.
> >>>> found
> >>>>> the above local with 47k, 1 owner, looks to be well maintained for
> >> $18k.
> >>>>> seems like a score. beautiful car. bit of a grandpa mobile but i need
> >>>> that -
> >>>>> slow it down a bit. little bigger, quieter, comfier, etc.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> am i walking into a nightmare here? i know there's LOTS of doodads to
> >>>> break,
> >>>>> and the v8's can be expensive to maintain but what a nice car.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> TIA
> >>>>> jim
> >>>>
> >>>
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